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Restoring Your Ubuntu System

Restoring Your Ubuntu System

Ubuntu Reinstallation

If you received an Operating System media with your computer, you can use it to restore your operating system.

NOTICE: However, using the Operating System media also deletes all data on the hard drive.

NOTE: Your computer may or may not have an optical drive. Use an external optical drive or any external storage device for the procedures that involve media.

To reinstall Ubuntu, you need a Ubuntu OS Recovery media.

Starting System Restore

1.Turn Off the computer.

2.Plug in an external USB optical disc drive into your computer.

3.Insert the Ubuntu OS Recovery media in the external USB optical disc drive.

NOTE: Using the Ubuntu OS Recovery media deletes all data on the hard disk.

4.Turn On the computer.

5.When the DELL logo appears, press <0> immediately.

NOTE: The next steps change the boot sequence for one time only. On the next start-up, the computer boots according to the devices specified in the system setup program.

6.When the boot device list appears, highlight CD/DVD/CD-RWand press <Enter>.

7.Press any key to Boot from CD-ROM. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.

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